For sure, aussies are not professionals for entertainig rugby but they are solid, have a good defence and discipline. Exactly the contrary of the french who seem exhausted and without passion for this last test.

A special word for the conservative Mr Pearson who didn't let both teams play,
I can understand his "home-side" referring but he should have let both teams play..
Particularly on scrums and rucks where les bleus were always penalized.

French are finally on holidays and will appreciate it
Aussies will be serious contenders for tri-nations

Terribly boring, thankfully I was out on Saturday night and had recorded it, it only wasted about 15 minutes of my time yesterday. Well done to the aussies though, they put their pens away and the scoreboard just ticked up and up. I would not see this as a French failure either, they must be very tired, the top 14 is a very long season plus they had two tough tests against the all blacks.

BOOOOOOOORING ... the ref was laughable. The penalty vs. Ouedraogo on the 23rd min. was a big symbol for the wole game... bad ref bad judgments and nevertheless Australia showed a strong homogeneous side; Smith is still here ^^

I thought the French looked drained from the All Black tests. Their defence was pretty lacklustre for the Wallabies first try. The Wallabies are looking strong though - looking forward to the tri nations!

Wallabies and SA certainly look a league above the ABs at the moment - but I doubt that'll stay the case come the tris.

Great to see something approaching a more traditional summer season - with Italy and France touring properly. Shame France didn't play one final game against the ABs to settle the matter. But they looked out on their feet on Saturday, although Lievremont's selection didn't help.

I wonder if you watched the game? The referee at one stage gave 6 yes 6 penalties on the trot against France in the scrum! At one stage he was heard to say that the French pack 'should push more softly.' He totally lost the plot and ruined what should have been a good game. He should not ref again!

Hmmm ... not saying ze french lost because of the ref. They clearly didn't deserve to win.
Now if you watch the scrum, look at Barcella (who's been remarkable) who's fed up with the ref's decisions... All I'm saying is that the ref was clearly not constant with his calls.
Aussies keeping ball on the ground ? Ouedraogo or Dusautoir gets whistled, Frenchies doing the same thing, the ref calls for not releasing the ball Oo How fair is that ?

Well, that's a bit vauge isn't it?
I disagree, but it doesn't matter what we think, the ref obviously saw it a certian way.
I agreed with him, the french showed poor discipline in a number of facets of play, probabl due to the pressure, both offensive and defensive, they were put under.